Bring Collections to life with Art Zimbabwe

Art Zimbabwe is an expanded approach to mail art and contemporary art processes having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular 'native information'. It is the study of a particular landscape without taking into account any outside influence.


  • gallery wall between two African-style mirrors

    Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2014

    "Richard sits down in the Astrup Fearnley Museum with Ida Sannes Hansen to discuss the Art Zimbabwe collaboration, his influences, and the history of this work. Highlighting Richard's post-institutional approach to art making, this online event features artworks from pivotal moments in his trajectory, alongside a range of cultural influences that have shaped his practice over time."

  • African mirror hanging inside, depicting three women

    London: DACS interview, 2013

    "Richard sits down in his living room with David Bickerstaff and Mark Waugh to discuss the Art Zimbabwe initiative, art collections and technology. Highlighting the the role of the internet in Richard's art making and life, this online event features a row of literary influences that have informed his thinking."

  • Profile of a woman walking through a museum carrying cleaning equipment

    Harare: National Gallery, 2011

    "Recorded footage of the Richard Parry: Art Zimbabwe exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The idea was to bring a fiction to life ahead of time that reality will sooner or later imitate"


Installation Instagram selfies

reflection of a woman in a museum wearing a scarf, taking a selfie
reflection of a man in a museum wearing a straw hat, taking a selfie and holding a tote bag
partial reflection of a woman in a museum, taking a selfie, as reflected in two panels of an artwork
reflection of a man standing in a museum, taking a selfie, with an sculpture in the background
reflection of a woman standing in an art gallery, taking a selfie, wearing a blue dress
a group of 6 young men and women take a group photo inside a museum
a man watches as the women he is with takes a selfie inside a museum
a mixed-sex couple take a selfie inside a museum
disembodied hands, holding a smartphone take selfie in the relective surface of an artwork
a man wearing a dark coat takes a selfie in the relective surface of an artwork, inside a museum
close-up of an African banknote printed on the surface of a glass mirror, in sparkly purple paint
a man wearing dark clothes takes a selfie inside a museum, using the reflective surface of a wall-mounted artwork
partial reflection of a woman in a museum wearing winter clothes, taking a selfie, as reflected in two panels of a wall-mounted artwork
partial reflection of a standing figure, taking a selfie, reflected in the surface of wall-mounted artwork
partial reflection of a woman standing on one leg wearing summer clothes, taking a selfie, as reflected in a purple wall-mounted artwork
close-up of a man in an auction house taking a selfie, as reflected in a wall-mounted artwork
close-up of a woman in a brightly-lit room taking a selfie, as reflected in a wall-mounted artwork
A smartly-dressed man standing on a wooden floor taking a selfie, reflected in a wall-mounted artwork
A figure wearing bright-green summer clothes taking a selfie, reflected in a wall-mounted artwork
three men with their backs to the viewer, two in conversation, reflected in an artwork installed in a museum
interior of an empty room in a post-industrial warehouse, reflected in the surface of an overprinted mirror
a man with wide eyes taking a selfie in the reflection of an overprinted mirror

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